Hue Jackson's disturbing alternative history justifies his firing

Hue Jackson's disturbing alternative history justifies his firing

The Cleveland Browns have officially moved on from Hue Jackson and started searching for the next head coach. On Monday, Jackson was given his walking papers after a dismal 3-36-1 record in Cleveland, but he believes strongly that things might have been different if he had been in charge from the start.

In a recent interview with Cleveland.com, Jackson had the gall to say: “Had we been doing in year one what I was able to get us to do in year three, there’s no question we would already be a winning football team. You can’t go 1-15 or 0-16 and have people like you unless you come out and explain to everyone that you’re going to lose. And you can’t say that publicly.”

The biggest issue with this statement is that even if Sashi Brown and the previous regime were trying to tank, it should still be impossible to lose every game. The fact is, it has happened only twice in the past 40 years. Jackson refuses to take blame for his terrible stint in Cleveland, and refuses to accept any accountability for the undisciplined and pathetic style of play he produced.

Jackson continues the interview by blaming the front office and making sure everyone knows that he wanted all of the now-top-tier quarterbacks in every draft class.

“We passed on three franchise QBs the first two years in (Carson) Wentz, (Deshaun) Watson and (Patrick) Mahomes,” he said.

There is little to no proof that Jackson was standing on the table for any of these players, and to act as if the addition of a young quarterback was the difference in him finding success is just foolish. Jackson continues to bash the front office while also calling every player he’s had on offense trash.

“We played with a QB room with zero wins in the league,” he said. “We played with street free agents and practice squad players in wide receivers. Yet our offense was the same or better than what we were doing this year. There is no way that should happen.”

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What team is Jackson watching? He cannot possibly believe that his play calling was better than what we have seen so far this season. I loved the hiring of Jackson and really thought he would have things moving in the right direction, but not only has Jackson proved to be incompetent as a head coach, but he is completely and utterly socially unaware.

A head coach is a leader, and leaders need to take responsibility for their own actions and often the actions of others. They learn and adjust every chance they get, and Jackson refused to develop as a coach.

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